farmers, u.s. businesses, u.s. manufacturers, u.s. service companies, u.s. workers find themselves at a disadvantage because this white house this congress is more interested in special interests than in the interests of our workers, of our economy, of our jobs. so, tonight i would say respectfully to our speaker of the house, to the majority leader of the senate, to president obama, if you want an answer and a partner in creating jobs, republicans are here. we have solutions, we're ready to fight for jobs, we've got to tackle the debt, we've got to create incentives to create jobs, we've got to stop frightening consumers, frightening workers and if we do that, america's capable of bouncing back and getting this economy on the right path again. mr. president, work with us to get america strong again. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman -- under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the